Creating safe spaces where we explore higher states of being thru a matriarchal lens, ancestral healing + memory in community, using art as a portal.
Being intentional about building creative frameworks to uplift community fully in their artistic power + autonomy. That’s regenerative, transformational energy, energy that can usher in positive shifts in our communities.
As an artist + a storyteller, I have an innerstanding that my creative practice is deeply regenerative and very healing. First and foremost, it is for me, a gift my ancestors + the cosmos places upon my head, blessing me. They gave me tools to be well and I have discovered art is that tool.
Some of my earliest memories are the dream-like worlds I created for myself while drawing, coloring + painting. Even my small child self quickly learned that making art made me feel good in my body.
My creativity is the first safe space I’ve ever known.
As a mother, a femme + indigenous person, creating art will always be about healing and liberation. Liberation from any thing or ideology that is not deeply rooted in love + community. Liberation from the mundane, liberation from fear, liberation from this world that often feels like a dream we are trying to escape.
When you are creating art you are communing with the divine + the vibration of the divine is one of healing. It is an open door for the soul to transmute and transcend, processing trauma from white supremacy, religious dogma, patriarchy, capitalism + colonization.
A community art offering for us all.
The intention of this mural is to honor and elevate the indigenous people of the Inland Empire, represented in the form of four grandmothers from following four tribes: Tongva, Payomkawichum (Luiseño), Cahuilla + Yuhaviaatam (Serrano), respectfully. We look to them as we protect our diverse cultures and steward our land, our medicine, our languages and ceremonial ways to nurture our children and our community.
May the four grandmothers serve as a reminder for all whose land they are standing on, to step with mindfulness, to step with care. The grandmothers will also serve as spiritual guardians for those who respect the divine feminine and Mother Earth, our oldest ancestor.
As a writer I’ve been weaving stories, blogging about family + culture on Pearmama since 2006. This space has been through many incarnations and iterations, much like myself + the way I’ve discovered I can marry my art and my writing is such a delicious, satisfying feeling. Very much like sharing a beautiful secret with the world.
In that spirit, I created Corn Sister, a place to share spiritual truths from the ancient heartspace, Divine Mother cosmology + ancestral healing.
